| Official name |
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| Name in local language |
ශ්රී ලංකා ප්රජාතාන්ත්රික සමාජවාදී ජනරජය (si) ; இலங்கை சனநாயக சோசலிசக் குடியரசு (ta) |
| Continent |
Asia |
| Subcontinent |
South Asia |
| Population (ranking: 60e) |
21,803,725 inhabitants (2019) |
| Population growth |
0.61 % / year |
| Area |
65,610 km² |
| Density |
332.32 inhabitants / km² |
| GDP (ranking: 69e) |
88.901 billions $USD (2018) |
| GDP/capita (ranking) |
4,102 $USD (2018) |
| GDP growth |
3.20 % / year (2018) |
| Life expectancy (ranking) |
76.80 years (2018) |
| Birth rate |
15.10 ‰ (2018) |
| Fertility rate |
2.20 children / woman (2016) |
| Death rate (ranking) |
6.40 ‰ (2018) |
| Infant mortality rate (ranking) |
7.60 ‰ (2014) |
| Literacy rate |
92.63 % (2015) |
| Official languages |
Sinhala, Tamil |
| Currency |
Sri Lankan rupee (LKR) |
| HDI (ranking: 100e) |
0.780 / 1 (2018) |
| EPI (ranking) |
60.61 (2018) |
| Government |
Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic |
| Head of State |
President Ranil Wickremesinghe |
| National Day |
4 February (independence of 1948) |
| ISO Codes |
LK, LKA |
| Demonym |
Sri Lankan |
| Tourists (ranking) |
2,116,407 people (2017) |
Peace, finally, and reconstruction, difficult
Sri Lanka is an island state of the Indian subcontinent located in south-east India, in South Asia. Its capital is Colombo.
Ancient Palace of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka
Elephants, Sri Lanka
Fishermen, Sri Lanka
Urban areas (2017)
| Urban areas |
Population |
|
Colombo
|
6,080,926 inhabitants |
|
Jaffna
|
321,478 inhabitants |
|
Trinquemalay
|
131,954 inhabitants |
|
Kandy
|
119,186 inhabitants |
|
Kalmunai
|
103,879 inhabitants |
|
Vavuniya
|
101,143 inhabitants |
|
Galle
|
97,209 inhabitants |
|
Sri Jayawardenapura
|
0 inhabitants |
Administrative divisions
| Provinces |
Population |
Area |
| Central |
2,722,774 inhabitants |
5,674 km² |
| Eastern |
1,677,377 inhabitants |
9,996 km² |
| North Central |
1,349,421 inhabitants |
10,472 km² |
| North Western |
2,508,185 inhabitants |
7,888 km² |
| Northern |
1,119,023 inhabitants |
8,884 km² |
| Sabaragamuwa |
2,028,478 inhabitants |
4,968 km² |
| Southern |
2,611,626 inhabitants |
5,544 km² |
| Uva |
1,349,419 inhabitants |
8,500 km² |
| Western |
6,080,926 inhabitants |
3,684 km² |
See also